WO2021251082A1

WO2021251082A1 - Game program, method, and information processing device

Info

Publication number: WO2021251082A1
Application number: PCT/JP2021/018911
Authority: WO
Inventors: 佑貴寺田; 佳祐宮川
Original assignee: 株式会社ポケモン
Priority date: 2020-06-10
Filing date: 2021-05-19
Publication date: 2021-12-16
Also published as: JP7377770B2; JP2021194128A; JP2024012415A; US20230097406A1

Abstract

This game program, to be executed by a computer provided with a processor, causes the processor to perform: a step of accepting an operation input from a user; a step of setting a first time point at which to attempt to advance a game, and carrying out a prescribed notification at the first time point if there is no operation input before the first time point is reached; a step (S513) of changing the state of the notification on the basis of the operation input by the user, and accessing a server to advance the game; and a step of distributing second time points at which computers of each user access the server to advance the game.

Description

Game programs, methods, information processing equipment

This disclosure relates to game programs, methods, and information processing devices.

The technology for measuring sleep is known. For example, by having the user wear a wristwatch-type device, the sleep of whether the user has light sleep, deep sleep, or REM sleep, depending on the output result of the motion sensor mounted on the device. Determine the stage of. This makes it possible to record the time change of each sleep stage.

The data measured during the user's sleep is also reflected in the game program. Patent Document 1 describes that when a user's sleep is measured and it is determined that the user has woken up, sleep information such as total sleep time is transmitted to a server and reflected in the game.

International Publication No. 2016/021235

However, the user often sets an alarm and wakes up at the time when the alarm sounds. In addition, the alarm is often set at a good time such as 7:00 or 7:30. If sleep information is sent from each user's terminal to the server all at once at such a time, access to the server will be excessively concentrated, and the server will go down or an abnormal situation will occur. May have an adverse effect. Therefore, it is necessary to secure excessive server processing resources so that it can withstand excessive access.

Therefore, it is an object of the present disclosure to provide a technique for maintaining the interest of the game while not imposing an excessive load on the server in the game that receives information on the sleep of each user.

According to one embodiment, a game program is provided to be executed by a computer equipped with a processor. The game program sets a step of accepting an operation input from the user and a first time for advancing the game in the processor, and when the operation input is not performed before the first time arrives, the game program sets the processor. A step of giving a predetermined notification at the first time, a step of changing the state of the notification based on the operation input of the user, and a step of accessing the server to advance the game, and the computer of each user. Steps to distribute the second time to access the server in order to advance the game.

According to one embodiment, a method of causing a computer equipped with a processor to execute a game is provided. The method is described in the case where the processor sets a step of receiving an operation input from the user and a first time for advancing the game, and the operation input is not performed before the first time arrives. A step of giving a predetermined notification at the first time, a step of changing the state of the notification based on the operation input of the user, and a step of accessing the server to advance the game, and the computer of each user. A step of distributing the second time to access the server in order to advance the game is performed.

According to one embodiment, an information processing device including a control unit is provided. The control unit sets a step of accepting an operation input from the user and a first time for advancing the game, and when the operation input is not performed before the first time arrives, the first operation is performed. A step of giving a predetermined notification at the time of The step of distributing the second time to access the server in order to proceed is performed.

According to the present disclosure, in a game that accepts information about sleep of each user, it is possible to maintain the interest of the game while not putting an excessive load on the server.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of a game system 1. It is a block diagram of the terminal apparatus 10 which constitutes the game system 1 of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional configuration of a server 20. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the user information database 281 and the server processing capacity information 282 which a server 20 stores. It is a flowchart which shows the process which distributes the 2nd time which each user actually accesses a server and advances a game based on the operation input of a user. It is a figure which shows the screen example of the terminal apparatus 10.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are the same. Therefore, the detailed description of them will not be repeated.

<First Embodiment>
<1 Configuration diagram of the entire game system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the game system 1. In the game system 1, the server receives the sleep information of each user and advances the game.

As shown in FIG. 1, the game system 1 includes a plurality of terminal devices (in FIG. 1, the terminal device 10A and the terminal device 10B are shown; hereinafter, may be collectively referred to as “terminal device 10”) and a server. Includes 20 and. The terminal device 10 and the server 20 communicate with each other via the network 80. Further, in the present embodiment, each device (terminal device, server, etc.) can be grasped as an information processing device. That is, the aggregate of each device can be grasped as one "information processing device", and the game system 1 may be formed as an aggregate of a plurality of devices. The method of allocating the plurality of functions required to realize the game system 1 according to the present embodiment to one or a plurality of hardware includes the processing capacity of each hardware and / or the specifications required for the game system 1. It can be decided as appropriate in view of the above.

The terminal device 10 is a device operated by each user. The terminal device 10 is realized by a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet compatible with a mobile communication system. In addition to this, the terminal device 10 may be, for example, a stationary PC (Personal Computer), a laptop PC, or a game-dedicated machine. Further, the terminal device 10 may function as a head-mounted display, and may function as, for example, a transmissive type, a non-transparent type, or a see-through type head-mounted display. For example, the terminal device 10 may function as a portable terminal when it does not function as a head-mounted display, and may function as a head-mounted display when attached to a goggle-type device. In this case, the terminal device 10 can switch between a mode that functions as a mobile terminal and a mode that functions as a head-mounted display. In the mode that functions as a head-mounted display, the terminal device 10 detects the movement of the user's head by the motion sensor built in the terminal device 10, and the display image of the display is linked to the movement of the user's head. To update.

As shown as the terminal device 10B in FIG. 1, the terminal device 10 includes a communication IF (Interface) 12, an input device 13, an output device 14, a memory 15, a storage unit 16, and a processor 19. The server 20 includes a communication IF 22, an input / output IF 23, a memory 25, a storage 26, and a processor 29.

The terminal device 10 is communicably connected to the server 20 via the network 80. The terminal device 10 is compatible with wireless base stations 81 compatible with communication standards such as 5G and LTE (Long Term Evolution), and wireless LAN (Local Area Network) standards such as IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11. It is connected to the network 80 by communicating with a communication device such as a wireless LAN router 82.

The communication IF 12 is an interface for inputting / outputting signals because the terminal device 10 communicates with an external device. The input device 13 is an input device (for example, a touch panel, a touch pad, a pointing device such as a mouse, a keyboard, etc.) for receiving an input operation from a user. The output device 14 is an output device (display, speaker, etc.) for presenting information to the user. The memory 15 is for temporarily storing a program, data processed by the program, or the like, and is, for example, a volatile memory such as a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory). The storage unit 16 is a storage device for storing data, for example, a flash memory or an HDD (Hard Disc Drive). The processor 19 is hardware for executing an instruction set described in a program, and is composed of an arithmetic unit, registers, peripheral circuits, and the like.

As shown in the figure, the terminal device 10 is connected to the game controller 11A by wire or wirelessly. The user can operate the game controller 11A to play the game. The terminal device 10 may be capable of communicating with a plurality of game controllers 11A. For example, a plurality of users can play a game using one terminal device 10. Further, the game controller 11 may have a structure that can be attached to and detached from the terminal device 10. The game controller 11 may be one device that can be gripped by both hands of the user, or may be configured by two devices that are gripped by both hands of the user. For example, the game controller 11 may have a gyro sensor, an infrared sensor, or the like, and may detect the movement of the user's body (for example, the movement of the hand) when the user holds the game controller 11.

Further, as shown in the figure, the terminal device 10 is connected to one or a plurality of sleep measurement devices by wire or wirelessly. The

sleep measuring devices

11B and 11C are devices for acquiring information on the sleep of the user of the terminal device 10. FIG. 1 shows two sleep measuring devices, a sleep measuring device 11B and a sleep measuring device 11C. Hereinafter, a plurality of sleep measuring devices may be collectively referred to as "sleep measuring device 11B or the like". The

sleep measurement devices

11B and 11C are wearable devices such as a wristwatch type, a ring type, and an eye mask type that are worn on the user's body, and include a motion sensor such as a gyro sensor. Further, the

sleep measurement devices

11B and 11C may be devices placed on a mattress, bedside, etc. where the user is sleeping. Further, the terminal device 10 and the sleep measurement device 11B or the sleep measurement device 11C may be the same device. That is, the terminal device 10 may also function as a sleep measuring device.

The user may use two or more sleep measurement devices at the same time. For example, the user may wear two wristwatch-type sleep measuring devices, or the user may use the smartphone as a sleep measuring device while wearing the wristwatch-type sleep measuring device. As a result, the movement of the user's body during sleep can be detected by a gyro sensor or the like. By accumulating the sensing results sensed by various sensors while the user is sleeping, whether the user is sleeping, light sleep, deep sleep, or REM sleep. It is possible to determine whether or not it is non-REM sleep. By discriminating the waveforms of REM sleep and non-REM sleep in this way, the quality of sleep of the user can be evaluated. For example, the cycle of REM sleep and non-REM sleep in the case of good quality sleep is preset, and the quality of sleep of the user is evaluated by comparing with the waveforms of REM sleep and non-REM sleep during the user's sleep. Can be done.

Further, the terminal device 10 detects that the user has entered the bed (for example, lying on the bed) or has fallen asleep after entering the bed, based on the output of the motion sensor of the sleep measuring device 11B or the like. Further, the terminal device 10 displays information on whether the user has performed an input operation on the terminal device 10 or the user is displayed on the display 132 of the terminal device 10 between the time when the user enters the bed and the time when the user falls asleep. It is possible to determine whether or not the user was browsing. That is, it can be determined whether or not the user who is going to sleep has operated the terminal device 10 before going to bed.

In addition, sleep measurement devices that are expected to be used in the game system 1 are managed in a so-called white list format. When the reception of data is detected from the sleep measurement device 11B that is not managed by the game system 1, the sleep information may not be received from the sleep measurement device 11B that the server 20 cannot specify, or it cannot be specified. Subsequent processing may be performed using the parameters for the sleep measuring device 11B and the like.

Also, the difference in the type of sleep measurement device does not necessarily have to be the difference in the device. That is, even sleep measuring devices having the same device configuration may be managed as different sleep measuring devices in the game system 1 depending on the type of software or application used until the sleep information is transmitted to the server 20. For example, even when sleep information is detected using the same sleep measurement device 11B, there are cases where sleep measurement application A is used for processing sleep information and sleep measurement application for processing sleep information. It can be managed as a different "sleep measurement device ID" from the case where the sleep measurement application B different from A is used. In this way, by managing different "sleep measurement device IDs" according to the type of device as the device configuration and the combination of applications used, more flexible sleep information can be generated, and as a result. , It is possible to fully demonstrate the fun of the game according to the sleeping state.

The server 20 manages the information of each user. The server 20 is set by each user as the user information, such as the game character, the game item, and the amount of virtual currency held by each user (including those given to the user free of charge and those given to the user for a fee). , Information about the first time when the game is to be advanced, sleep information of each user measured by the sleep measuring device, and the like are managed.

Further, the server 20 manages information regarding the processing capacity of the server. As information on the processing capacity of the server, the upper limit of the number of simultaneous accesses that can be processed by the server, the predicted value of the number of simultaneous accesses at each time, and the like are managed. The predicted value of the number of simultaneous accesses at each time is calculated based on the first time set by each user to advance the game. Further, as the information regarding the processing capacity of the server, the information regarding the threshold value of the memory usage rate of the server, the threshold value of the CPU usage rate, and the like may be included.

The communication IF 22 is an interface for inputting / outputting signals because the server 20 communicates with an external device. The input / output IF 23 functions as an interface with an input device for receiving an input operation from the user and an output device for presenting information to the user. The memory 25 is for temporarily storing a program, data processed by the program, or the like, and is, for example, a volatile memory such as a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory). The storage 26 is a storage device for storing data, for example, a flash memory or an HDD (Hard Disc Drive). The processor 29 is hardware for executing an instruction set described in a program, and is composed of an arithmetic unit, registers, peripheral circuits, and the like.

<1.1 Configuration of terminal device 10>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a terminal device 10 constituting the game system 1 of the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal device 10 operates with a plurality of antennas (antenna 111, antenna 112) and a wireless communication unit (first wireless communication unit 121, second wireless communication unit 122) corresponding to each antenna. Reception unit 130 (including touch sensitive device 131 and display 132), voice processing unit 140, microphone 141, speaker 142, position information sensor 150, camera 160, motion sensor 170, and storage unit 180. And the control unit 190. The terminal device 10 also has functions and configurations (for example, a battery for holding electric power, a power supply circuit for controlling the supply of electric power from the battery to each circuit, and the like) which are not particularly shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, each block included in the terminal device 10 is electrically connected by a bus or the like.

The antenna 111 radiates a signal emitted by the terminal device 10 as a radio wave. Further, the antenna 111 receives radio waves from the space and gives a received signal to the first wireless communication unit 121.

The antenna 112 radiates a signal emitted by the terminal device 10 as a radio wave. Further, the antenna 112 receives radio waves from the space and gives a received signal to the second radio communication unit 122.

Since the terminal device 10 communicates with other wireless devices, the first wireless communication unit 121 performs modulation / demodulation processing for transmitting / receiving signals via the antenna 111. Since the terminal device 10 communicates with another wireless device, the second wireless communication unit 122 performs modulation / demodulation processing for transmitting / receiving signals via the antenna 112. The first wireless communication unit 121 and the second wireless communication unit 122 are communication modules including a tuner, an RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) calculation circuit, a CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) calculation circuit, a high frequency circuit, and the like. The first wireless communication unit 121 and the second wireless communication unit 122 perform modulation / demodulation and frequency conversion of the wireless signal transmitted / received by the terminal device 10 and supply the received signal to the control unit 190.

The operation receiving unit 130 has a mechanism for receiving a user's input operation. Specifically, the operation receiving unit 130 is configured as a touch screen and includes a touch sensitive device 131 and a display 132. The touch-sensitive device 131 accepts an input operation by the user of the terminal device 10. The touch-sensitive device 131 detects the user's contact position with respect to the touch panel, for example, by using a capacitive touch panel. The touch-sensitive device 131 outputs a signal indicating the contact position of the user detected by the touch panel to the control unit 190 as an input operation.

The display 132 displays data such as images, moving images, and texts according to the control of the control unit 190. The display 132 is realized by, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display.

The voice processing unit 140 performs modulation / demodulation of the voice signal. The voice processing unit 140 modulates the signal given from the microphone 141 and gives the modulated signal to the control unit 190. Further, the voice processing unit 140 gives a voice signal to the speaker 142. The voice processing unit 140 is realized by, for example, a processor for voice processing. The microphone 141 receives the voice input and gives the voice signal corresponding to the voice input to the voice processing unit 140. The speaker 142 converts the voice signal given from the voice processing unit 140 into voice and outputs the voice to the outside of the terminal device 10.

The position information sensor 150 is a sensor that detects the position of the terminal device 10, and is, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) module. The GPS module is a receiving device used in a satellite positioning system. The satellite positioning system receives signals from at least three or four satellites and detects the current position of the terminal device 10 on which the GPS module is mounted based on the received signals. For example, in the game system 1, when the position of the user registered as a friend can be referred to, the terminal device 10 can display a list of friends near the user on the display 132.

The camera 160 is a device for receiving light by a light receiving element and outputting it as a captured image. The camera 160 is, for example, a depth camera that can detect the distance from the camera 160 to the shooting target.

The motion sensor 170 includes an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, etc., detects the movement of the terminal device 10, and outputs a sensing result. For example, by placing the terminal device 10 on a mattress or the like of a bed on which the user sleeps, the movement can be detected when the sleeping user is moving on the mattress. By using the sensing results, the user is sleeping or awake, and the sleeping user is light sleep, deep sleep, REM sleep, or non-REM sleep. It is possible to determine whether or not.

The storage unit 180 is composed of, for example, a flash memory or the like, and stores data and programs used by the terminal device 10. In a certain aspect, the storage unit 180 stores the user information 181.

User information 181 is user information in a game based on a game program. The user information includes information for identifying the user, a name of the user, a game item owned by the user, information set by each user regarding the first time when the game is to be advanced, sleep measurement device 11B, and the like. Includes sleep information and the like for each user as measured by.

The terminal device 10 communicates with the sleep measurement device 11B or the like by short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or Wi-Fi, and receives the sensing result of the sleep measurement device 11B or the like. The sleep measurement device 11B or the like may correspond to a communication standard of a mobile communication system such as 5G, and may transmit the sensing result to the server 20 without using short-range wireless communication. The terminal device 10 may also receive the sensing result of the sleep measuring device 11B or the like from the server 20 that has received the sensing result from the sleep measuring device 11B or the like, and generate and store the sleep information using the received sensing result. good.

The control unit 190 controls the operation of the terminal device 10 by reading the program stored in the storage unit 180 and executing the instructions included in the program. The control unit 190 is, for example, an application processor. By operating according to the program, the control unit 190 exhibits functions as an input operation reception unit 191, a transmission / reception unit 192, a data processing unit 193, a notification control unit 194, and a first time setting unit 195.

The input operation receiving unit 191 performs a process of accepting a user's input operation to an input device such as a touch sensitive device 131. The input operation receiving unit 191 is based on the information of the coordinates when the user touches the touch-sensitive device 131 with a finger or the like, and the user's operation is a flick operation, a tap operation, or a drag (swipe). Determine the type of operation, such as whether it is an operation.

The transmission / reception unit 192 performs a process for the terminal device 10 to transmit / receive data to / from an external device such as a server 20, a game controller 11A, a sleep measurement device 11B, etc. according to a communication protocol.

The data processing unit 193 performs a calculation on the data received by the terminal device 10 according to a program, and performs a process of outputting the calculation result to a memory or the like.

The notification control unit 194 performs a process of presenting information to the user. The notification control unit 194 performs a process of displaying the displayed image on the display 132, a process of outputting the sound to the speaker 142, a process of generating vibration in the camera 160, and the like.

The first time setting unit 195 receives an operation from the user to set the first time for advancing the game. For example, the first time setting unit is an alarm setting unit, and the user sets the scheduled wake-up time as the first time. At the first time, the terminal device 10 sounds an alarm, and when the user stops the alarm, the terminal device 10 determines that the user has woken up and generates sleep information to be transmitted to the server 20. When the server 20 receives the sleep information from the terminal device 10, the server 20 advances the game.

The alarm setting unit referred to here may be realized by a program for each device (terminal device 10, server 20) constituting the game system 1 to provide a game to the user. When the alarm setting unit is realized by the program running on the server 20, the user may be able to operate the alarm setting unit of the server 20 via the terminal device 10. As a result, the user sets the first time in the game system 1 and advances the game. Further, for example, the alarm setting unit may be installed in the terminal device 10 and incorporated in an application that can be linked with the game system 1. In this case, the user is not an alarm function provided as a function of the OS (Operating System) of the terminal device 10, but an alarm setting unit constituting an application for providing a game by the game system 1 to the user in the terminal device 10. The first time can be set. The game system 1 receives an operation related to the first time from the alarm setting unit and advances the game.

<1.2 Functional configuration of server 20>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the server 20. As shown in FIG. 3, the server 20 functions as a communication unit 201, a storage unit 202, and a control unit 203.

The communication unit 201 performs processing for the server 20 to communicate with an external device.

The storage unit 202 stores data and programs used by the server 20. The storage unit 202 stores the user information database 281 and the server processing capacity information 282 and the like.

The user information database 281 is a database for holding information of each user in a game based on a game program. Details will be described later.

The server processing capacity information 282 is information regarding the processing capacity of the server for advancing the game. Details will be described later.

The control unit 203 exerts the functions shown as various modules by the processor of the server 20 performing processing according to the program.

The operation content acquisition module 2041 acquires the operation content of the user. The operation content acquisition module 2041 acquires, for example, which game unit the user has designated as the target of game play, as the operation content of the user.

The reception control module 2042 controls the process in which the server 20 receives a signal from an external device according to a communication protocol.

The transmission control module 2043 controls a process in which the server 20 transmits a signal to an external device according to a communication protocol.

The first time reception module 2044 receives information from the terminal device 10 regarding the first time set by each user to advance the game. For example, suppose that the user sets the scheduled wake-up time (alarm operation time) as the first time. The terminal device 10 receives the operation input of the user while operating the alarm based on the operation time of the alarm, and transmits the first information to the server 20 in response to the operation input. The server 20 advances the game based on the first information. That is, the server 20 receives information for advancing the game from the terminal device 10 of each user based on the operation input of each user at the operation time of the alarm set by each user.

The operation input here is an operation for confirming the first information, for example, an operation for the user to wake up and end the sleep measurement. The operation input may be an operation of stopping the sounding alarm, or an operation of waking up before the alarm sounds and ending the sleep measurement. If there is no operation input before the first time arrives, the alarm sounds at the first time. Further, when the terminal device 10 receives the operation input before the first time arrives, the terminal device 10 ends the sleep measurement without sounding the alarm at the first time.

Further, the first information referred to here is timekeeping information, for example, sleep information of the user. The terminal device 10 determines the sleep information by receiving an operation input for waking up and ending the sleep measurement from the user. Then, the terminal device 10 transmits the confirmed sleep information to the server 20, and the server 20 draws an object based on the confirmed sleep information and gives it to the user.

The second time determination module 2045 determines the second time for advancing the game on the server 20 based on the user's operation input. The second time determination module 2045 determines the second time for each user so that the timing at which the terminal device 10 of each user actually accesses the server 20 is distributed. As a result, the access timing from each terminal device 10 to the server 20 is distributed. In the present embodiment in which the sleep information of each user is received and the game is advanced, the second time is a time that triggers the progress of the game. For example, the second time is "the time of the operation input when the terminal device 10 accepts the user's operation input before the alarm sounds (for example, within a predetermined time before the alarm sounds)". May be. The user may wake up and operate the terminal device 10 before the alarm sounds. It may be set as "the time when the user stops the alarm and confirms the sleep information". The server 20 advances the user's game based on the "time when the user stops the alarm and confirms the sleep information". Further, the second time may be "the time when the terminal device 10 aggregates the sleep information and transmits it to the server 20". Alternatively, the second time may be "the time when the server 20 receives the sleep information from the terminal device 10", and the server 20 may proceed with the game based on these times. In the following description, the second time will be described with reference to the time when the server receives the sleep information.

The second time may arrive after the first time. At the first time, the terminal device 10 sounds an alarm and receives an operation input from the user. The terminal device 10 generates information for advancing the game in response to receiving the operation input. At the second time, the terminal device 10 transmits information for advancing the game to the server 20 to advance the game. Regarding "(a) Dispersing the setting of the first time among users" described later, the second time is substantially the same as the first time.

For example, the terminal device 10 is a device capable of measuring the user's sleep, and the server 20 performs a lottery process based on the user's sleep information. It is assumed that the user sets the scheduled wake-up time (alarm operation time) as the first time. In this case, the terminal device 10 sounds an alarm at the first time. The terminal device 10 receives an operation input for stopping the alarm from the user. The terminal device 10 determines that the user has woken up in response to the operation input. The terminal device 10 determines the sleep information to be transmitted to the server 20 based on the operation input (depending on the determination that the user has woken up). The terminal device 10 does not communicate with the server 20 at the first time, but communicates with the server 20 at the second time after the first time to transmit the confirmed sleep information. The server 20 performs a lottery process based on the sleep information.

In a certain aspect, the second time determination module 2045 determines the second time based on the information regarding the first time. For example, if the number of users who set the same time as the first time exceeds the upper limit of the number of simultaneous access of the server, the second time determination module 2045 concentrates access to the server at the first time. By predicting that it will occur and randomly delaying the first time set by each user, the terminal device 10 of each user actually accesses the server to determine the second time for advancing the game.

The server 20 predicts the access concentration at a predetermined time based on the past history information regardless of the information about the first time actually set by each user, and the actual access from the terminal device 10 of each user. The second time to be set in the terminal device 10 of each user may be determined so as to distribute the time. For example, it is assumed that the first time is the operation time of the alarm. The server 20 extracts a tendency that "a large number of people try to advance the game by setting an alarm at 7:00 on weekdays" from the past history information. The server 20 predicts that access concentration may occur at 7:00 on weekdays, and the terminal device of each user so as to distribute the access time of each user who sets 7:00 as the first time. The access time from 10 is determined, and the terminal device 10 of each user holds the information of the access time. In addition, the terminal device 10 may hold the history information of the past access in the server 20, and each terminal device 10 may predict the time when the access is concentrated. Each terminal device 10 may predict the time when access is concentrated and randomly determine the time when each terminal device 10 accesses the server 20 so as to avoid the concentration.

Also, before and after the second time, it may not affect the progress of the game. For example, in the present embodiment in which the sleep information of each user is received and the game is advanced, the two users who wake up with the alarm set at 7:00 (first time) are actually charged with each other. When the access time (second time) is randomly delayed to one second and three seconds later than 7:00, sleep information is set to 7:00 as the wake-up time regardless of before or after the second time. To advance the game by totaling. Regarding "(a) Dispersing the setting of the first time among each user" described later, the second time is a time that is substantially set by the user and the sleep information is confirmed, so that the second time is used. Before and after the time may affect the progress of the game.

The game progress module 2046 communicates between the server 20 and the terminal device 10, and progresses the game play of each user based on the sleep information of each user received from the terminal device 10 of each user. For example, the game progress module 2046 determines by lottery game objects such as characters and items to appear in the user's game play as the game play progresses. The determined characters, items, etc. may be made to appear in the game play, not as owned by each user. As a result, the user can experience such as discovering a new game character based on the sleep information. In addition to this, the game progress module 2046 may draw game objects such as characters and items and give them to the user. For example, the game progress module 2046 receives sleep time information and sleep quality information as sleep information of each user from each terminal device 10 at a second time set in the terminal device 10 of each user. Items and the like are drawn and given based on the sleep information of each user. Here, the lottery algorithm is different according to the sleep information of each user, such as changing the lottery table used in the lottery and the number of lottery times, so that the game progress at the time of waking up changes, so that the user can wake up. Can provide fun.

<2 data structure>
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the data structures of the user information database 281 and the server processing capacity information 282 stored in the server 20.

As shown in FIG. 4, each of the records of the user information database 281 has an item "user ID", an item "user name", an item "owned item", an item "information of the first time", and an item. Includes "sleep information" and the like.

The item "user ID" is information that identifies each user.

The item "user name" is a name set by the user.

The item "owned item" is information about the game item owned by the user. The game item is, for example, one that the server 20 draws and gives to the user based on the sleep information of each user. Information such as the type and number of each game item is also included in the item.

The item "information on the first time" is information set by each user regarding the time when the game is to be advanced. For example, the first time is a scheduled wake-up time (alarm operation time) set by the user. The item also includes date information for each first time.

The item "sleep information" is information about sleep of each user measured by a sleep measuring device. The sleep information includes information such as date information, bedtime, wake-up time, and sleep quality.

Each of the records of the server processing capacity information 282 includes the item "upper limit of the number of simultaneous accesses" and the item "estimated value of the number of simultaneous accesses at each time".

The item "upper limit of the number of simultaneous accesses" is the upper limit of the number of simultaneous accesses that the server can process in order to advance the game. If access is concentrated and the actual number of simultaneous accesses exceeds the upper limit, the load on the server may increase or the response may slow down, which may adversely affect the progress of the game. Therefore, resources such as the computing power of the server may be variably increased or decreased based on the predicted value of the number of accesses.

The item "estimated value of the number of simultaneous accesses at each time" is the number of simultaneous accesses at each time predicted based on the first time set by each user. For example, the user sets the scheduled wake-up time (alarm operation time) as the first time every minute. The server 20 predicts that the number of simultaneous accesses from each terminal device 10 to the server 20 at each time is the same as the number of users who set the time as the first time (alarm operation time). Further, in the item, the user ID of the user who has set each time as the first time is also included.

When the predicted value of the number of simultaneous accesses at a predetermined time (for example, the time of 7:00 in FIG. 4) exceeds the upper limit of the number of simultaneous accesses of the server, the server 20 determines that the number of accesses at that time determines the processing capacity of the server. Beyond that, it is determined that the actual access times of each user need to be distributed. In this case, the server 20 distributes the second time when each user actually accesses the server and advances the game based on the operation input of each user. For example, the server 20 determines the second time by randomly delaying the first time.

Here, the processing capacity of the server is explained using the upper limit of the number of simultaneous accesses as an example, but it is not limited to this. For example, the threshold value of the memory usage rate of the server, the threshold value of the CPU usage rate, and the like may be used as the standard of the processing capacity of the server.

<Operation>
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process of advancing the game by distributing the second time when each user actually accesses the server and advances the game. The terminal device 10 communicates with the server 20, transmits the sleep information of the user to the server 20, and reflects the sleep information in the game.

In step S511, the terminal device 10 receives an operation input from the user. For example, the operation input is an operation in which the user stops the alarm and confirms the sleep information.

In step S512, the terminal device 10 receives an operation for setting a first time for advancing the game from the user, and if there is no operation input before the first time arrives, the first operation is performed. A predetermined notification is given at the time of. For example, the user sets the scheduled wake-up time (alarm operation time) as the first time, and if there is no operation indicating that the user has woken up before the first time arrives, the alarm is set at the first time. Ring.

In step S513, the terminal device 10 determines the first information based on the user's operation input, changes the notification state, and accesses the server to advance the game. For example, when the terminal device 10 receives an operation input for stopping the alarm from the user, the operation of the alarm is stopped, the measurement of the sleep information of the user is finished, and the sleep information used for the lottery process is totaled.

In step S521, the server 20 distributes the second time when each user's computer accesses the server in order to advance the game. Specifically, the server 20 distributes the second time by any of the following processes.

(A) Processing for delaying the first time The server 20 distributes the second time by distributing the timing of accessing the server for each of the plurality of users after receiving the operation input of the user.

For example, the server 20 randomly delays the first time set by each user to determine the second time. The first time is the scheduled wake-up time (alarm operation time) set by the user, and the server 20 predicts the number of simultaneous accesses at each time based on the alarm operation time and the number of users set for each time. Further, the server 20 compares the predicted value of the number of simultaneous accesses at each time with the upper limit of the number of simultaneous accesses of the server, so that the predicted value of the number of simultaneous accesses exceeds the upper limit of the number of simultaneous accesses at the first time. Is specified, and the first time is randomly delayed to determine the second time. The terminal device 10 does not perform communication processing with the server 20 at the time when the user stops the alarm, but waits for a while and then performs communication processing with the server 20 at the second time. Here, it is necessary to aggregate the sleep information to be transmitted to the communication process with the server 20, but the sleep information may be aggregated after waiting for a while, and the sleep information may be aggregated first. , It may be possible to communicate with the server 20 after waiting for the arrival of the second time.

For example, if the number of users who set 7:00 as the alarm operation time (first time) exceeds the upper limit of the number of simultaneous access of the server, the server 20 predicts that access concentration will occur at 7:00. , A random second later time between 0 and 5 seconds than 7:00 is determined as the actual access time (second time) of each user, and the access time of each user is distributed.

The terminal device 10 may output at least any of moving images, still images, and sounds at intervals from the first time to the second time. For example, after the alarm sounds at 7:00 and the user stops the alarm, the terminal device 10 does not communicate with the server 20 and plays a moving image to the user at intervals until the second time. Further, the terminal device 10 may output at least any of moving images, still images, and sounds depending on the length of the interval from the first time to the second time. For example, the terminal device 10 reproduces a moving image having a waiting time of 3 seconds for a user having a waiting time of 3 seconds, and reproduces a voice having a waiting time of 5 seconds and a length of 5 seconds.

In this way, by grasping the time set by each user in advance to advance the game, predicting the concentration of access to the server, and randomly delaying the time to advance the game, each user It is possible to distribute the time when the user actually accesses the server and advances the game. Also, by playing content such as videos to the user during the waiting time from the time when the game is going to proceed to the time when the game is actually accessed and the game is progressed, it is effective instead of just waiting. It is possible to use the time and keep the fun of the game. Here, it was decided to randomly delay the first time for each user to set the second time, but the time is not limited to the delay, and depending on the user, the time set by each user as an alarm (first time). ), By setting the second time to a time earlier than the first time, the timing at which the terminal device 10 of each user accesses the server 20 may be distributed.

(B) Processing for distributing the setting of the first time to each user The server 20 distributes the first time for performing a predetermined notification to each user, and based on the result, the first time in the terminal device 10 is distributed. To set.

For example, the first time is the scheduled wake-up time (alarm operation time) set by the user, and when the user sets the alarm operation time, the server 20 accepts an operation for designating the alarm operation time from the user. .. When the time specified by the user is a time predicted that access concentration is likely to occur, the server 20 recommends a time close to the time specified by the user and predicting that access concentration will not occur. It is presented to the user of the terminal device 10 as the operation time. The terminal device 10 sets the recommended alarm operation time as the first time, presents the setting result to the user, and accepts the operation of approving the change of the first time from the user. Further, the terminal device 10 may accept an operation for setting the recommended alarm operation time as the first time from the user.

For example, suppose that the user specifies 7:00 as the desired alarm operation time (first time). At this time, the server 20 predicts that access concentration to the server will occur at 7:00 based on the alarm operation time information specified by each user, and sets the recommended alarm at 6:59 or 7:01. Presented to the user as the operating time.

Further, when the user sets the candidate time as the first time and advances the game, the server 20 executes the game progress different from the case where the candidate time is not set as the first time. For example, the case where the candidate time is set as the first time and the game is advanced may be changed as compared with the case where another time is set as the first time. For example, the progress of the game is advantageous to the user. It may be set to. To make the game progress advantageous to the user, benefits such as the granting of game objects are granted, a predetermined game unit (also called a quest) can be played, and the difficulty level of the predetermined game unit. (It becomes easier to clear by lowering, and it becomes easier to get rewards when clearing each game). For example, when the server 20 presents the time of 6:59 or 7:01 to the user as the recommended alarm operation time and sets 6:59 or 7:01 as the alarm operation time to access the server 20. Notifies the user that the privilege is given (for example, a game object such as a highly rare item is given).

Further, the terminal device 10 senses the sleeping state of the user. When the user sets the first time based on the distributed result, the terminal device 10 is based on the sensing result of the sleeping state of the user even though the first time is set. , Make the prescribed notification. Then, the terminal device 10 accesses the server 20 by receiving an operation input from the user in accordance with a predetermined notification.

For example, the terminal device 10 sounds an alarm at a time when it is easy to wake up (light sleep) even though the alarm operation time is set based on the measurement result of the user's sleep state. When the terminal device 10 receives an operation to stop the alarm from the user, the terminal device 10 accesses the server 20.

In this way, it is possible to improve the interest of the game by giving it a game-like setting at the time when the game is to be advanced. Further, by presenting a time at which access concentration is unlikely to occur, it is possible to urge the user to set the time as the access time and prevent access concentration to the server.

(C) Processing with the time when the treasure box is opened as the second time The terminal device 10 transmits the second information indicating that the user's operation input has been accepted to the server 20, and the server 20 transmits the second information. A waiting time that may differ for each of the received users is determined, and the determined waiting time is transmitted to the terminal device 10 of each user and presented.

Further, the terminal device 10 updates the information indicating the waiting time with the passage of time and presents it to the user, and does not accept a predetermined operation for accessing the server 20 from the user until the waiting time elapses, and the elapsed time. In response to the lapse of time, a predetermined operation for accessing the server 20 is received from the user.

For example, it is assumed that the first time is the scheduled wake-up time (alarm operation time) set by the user. After the user wakes up at the first time and stops the alarm, the terminal device 10 indicates that the second information (the user has woken up) instead of transmitting the first information (sleep information) to the server 20. Information) is transmitted, and the server 20 displays to the user an item (such as a treasure chest) associated with a game object that can be used in the progress of the game. Here, the item (treasure box) is information that is determined without using the first information and indicates the right to be given some game object by accepting an operation of opening the treasure box from the user. The time when each user opens the treasure box is set as the second time. That is, when each user opens the treasure box, the terminal device 10 accesses the server 20 to transmit sleep information and performs a lottery process for the game object. In addition, the information indicating the right has a period during which the operation of opening the treasure box is not accepted from the user. The terminal device 10 displays a display indicating the timing when the period has expired and the user can accept the operation of opening the treasure box. The terminal device 10 sets a timing at which the user can open the treasure box, and displays the remaining time until the timing arrives.

In the terminal device 10, the user may notify the server 20 in response to the operation of stopping the alarm based on the first time, and the server 20 may give the user a treasure box indicating the right. That is, at the first time, the server 20 does not draw the game object, grants a treasure box indicating the right, and accepts the operation of opening the treasure box by the user, thereby indicating that the operation has been accepted from the terminal device 10. It is transmitted to the server 20, and the game object is drawn by the server 20.

Also, the object has different aspects depending on the rarity. For example, the treasure chest is usually a silver or gold treasure chest, which is associated with a difference in rarity. At the first time, the server 20 normally determines the type of silver or gold treasure chest by a lottery that does not use sleep information, and grants the determined type of treasure chest to each user. After that, at the timing when each user opens the treasure box, a lottery of game objects is performed based on the sleep information and the information on the type of the treasure box.

In this way, instead of performing a process that puts a load on the server, such as a lottery of game objects based on sleep information at the first time, objects such as treasure chests are added, and the timing for each user to open the treasure chest is actually accessed. By setting the time, the access time to each user's server is distributed, and the game object is drawn based on the sleep information at the timing of opening the treasure box, thereby reducing the communication load between the terminal device and the server. be able to. In addition, by assigning objects having different modes, it is possible to give the user a sense of expectation and improve the interest.

(D) Processing that reproduces different types of sounds as alarm sounds according to the time The terminal device 10 specifies a predetermined notification based on the arrival of the first time according to the elapsed time from the first time. Notify. The server 20 grants a privilege to the user when it receives an operation input for accessing the server in order to advance the game from the user based on the timing of giving a specific notification.

For example, the terminal device 10 sounds the first type of alarm sound based on the first time so as to prompt the user to stop the alarm at the second time, the first type of alarm. A second type of alarm sound (different from the first type of alarm sound) is sounded based on the second time while continuing to sound. Here, when the operation of stopping the second type of alarm sound is accepted, it is more advantageous to the user than the case of accepting the operation of stopping the first type of alarm sound.

Compared with the first type of alarm sound, the second type of alarm sound may be a voice that urges the user to stop the alarm at a specific timing. For example, the first type of alarm sound continuously outputs a specific sound (for example, a sound output for a certain period of time such as "jiriririri"), whereas the second type of alarm sound is used. May be an intermittent voice (for example, a sound is output at a specific timing from a silent state). For example, the first time is the scheduled wake-up time (alarm operation time) set by the user, and at the first time, the terminal device 10 sounds the first type of alarm sound, and the user makes an alarm sound. Access the server 20 at the timing of stopping. Further, the second type of alarm sound is, for example, a sound composed of a sound different from that of the first type of alarm sound, and includes, for example, a “picon” sound and another sound. When the server 20 receives an operation to stop the alarm from the user while the terminal device 10 is playing the second type of alarm sound, the server 20 accesses the server 20 at the timing and draws a game object. A game object (for example, a rare item) that is advantageous to the user as compared with the case where the operation of stopping the alarm sound of the first type is accepted is given. In addition to this, as the first type alarm sound and the second type alarm sound, both the first type and the second type alarm sound are voices of a specific game character (for example, virtual). On the other hand, the content of the voice (message, etc.) may be different between the first type and the second type, and the second type of voice suggests the occurrence of a game unit such as a quest. (For example, an event that gives an opportunity to play against a specific character has occurred (for example, a strong enemy "XX" has appeared), etc.).

Also, the timing at which a predetermined sound appears in the voice for each user is made different for each user. For example, for a user whose alarm operation time is set to 7:00, some users play an alarm sound in which a "picon" sound appears in the first half, and other users hear a "picon" sound. Play the alarm sound that appears in the second half.

In this way, by playing the voice at the time set by the user and trying to advance the game, and actually accessing the server according to the timing when the user accepts the operation to stop the voice, the game is advanced. The access time to each user's server can be distributed. Further, by urging the user to stop the reproduction of a predetermined sound, it is possible to give the game a game-like setting to the time at which the game is to be advanced and to improve the fun.

In step S521, the server 20 distributes the second time for each user's terminal device 10 to access the server in order to advance the game by any of the above processes, and then each user obtains information about the second time. Notify the terminal device 10 of. The terminal device 10 of each user holds the information of the second time notified from the server 20. As a result, the terminal device 10 can perform processing (transmission of sleep information, etc.) based on the second time.

In step S514, the terminal device 10 accesses the server 20 at the second time and transmits the first information to the server 20. For example, the terminal device 10 communicates with the server 20 at a second time, which is a random second later than the first time, and transmits the user's sleep information to the server 20.

In step S522, the server 20 draws a game object (item or the like) based on the first information and gives it to the user. For example, the server 20 draws a game object based on the total sleep time of the user, and the longer the total sleep time, the more advantageous the item is given to the user.

In step S515, the server 20 receives the item given in step S522.

In step S523, the server 20 updates each database.

By the above series of processes, in the game that accepts information about each user's sleep, the fun of the game is maintained while not putting an excessive load on the server.

<4 screen example>
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen example of the terminal device 10.

In the screen example (A) of FIG. 6, the time (second time) set by the user to randomly delay the game progress (first time) and actually access the server to advance the game (second time). It is a figure which shows the aspect which determines the time).

As shown in the screen example (A), the terminal device 10 displays the user name display unit 132A, the current time display unit 132B, the moving image playback button 132C, and the notification display unit 132G on the display 132.

The user name display unit 132A is an area representing the user name of each user.

The current time display unit 132B is an area for presenting the time when each screen example is displayed. In the screen example (A), the user sets the alarm operation time as the first time, and the current time is the time when the user wakes up due to the alarm operation.

The notification display unit 132G is an area for notifying the user of the control content for distributing the timing of accessing the server. In the screen example (A), the terminal device 10 does not communicate with the server at the first time, but accesses the server at a second time randomly later than the first time to notify that the lottery is performed. Further, the terminal device 10 notifies the user that the moving image or the like can be played while waiting for the lottery on the notification display unit 132G.

The moving image reproduction button 132C is an area for the terminal device 10 to receive an operation for reproducing the moving image from the user.

This makes it possible to randomly delay the time set by each user to advance the game, and to distribute the time when each user actually accesses the server and advances the game. Also, by playing content such as videos to the user during the waiting time from the time when the game is going to proceed to the time when the game is actually accessed and the game is progressed, it is effective instead of just waiting. It is possible to use the time and keep the fun of the game.

The screen example (B) is a diagram showing a situation in which a recommended access time is presented to the user.

In the screen example (B), the current time display unit 132B is the time at which the alarm operation time, which is the first time, is set before the user goes to bed.

The notification display unit 132G presents at least one candidate time as a recommended access time to the user. When the user designates 7:00 as the desired alarm operation time, the terminal device 10 presents the time of 7:00 to the user as the recommended alarm operation time. Further, the terminal device 10 sets 7:01 as an access time, and notifies the user that a rare item advantageous to the user is given when the server is accessed and the game is advanced.

The alarm setting button 132D is an area for the terminal device 10 to receive an operation of setting the recommended access time as the first time from the user.

This makes it possible to give the game a game-like setting to the time at which the game is to be advanced, and to improve the fun of the game. Further, by presenting a time at which access concentration is unlikely to occur, it is possible to urge the user to set the time as the access time and prevent access concentration to the server.

The screen example (C) is a diagram showing a situation in which a user is given a right (treasure box) that a game object can acquire at the first time without drawing a lottery for the game object.

In the screen example (C), the user sets the alarm operation time as the first time, and the current time is the time when the user wakes up due to the alarm operation.

The server 20 displays on the notification display unit 132G that the treasure box has been given to the user at the first time. The server 20 determines the timing for opening the treasure box as the second time. When the second time arrives, the terminal device 10 accesses the server 20 by accepting the operation of opening the treasure box from the user, or by the arrival of the second time without accepting the operation of opening the treasure box. The terminal device 10 notifies that the lottery of the game object is performed by opening the treasure box in the notification display unit 132G, and the treasure box has a different aspect. In the screen example (C), the treasure box given to the user is Notify that it is a treasure chest of gold.

The button 132E for opening the treasure box is an area for the terminal device 10 to receive an operation of opening the treasure box and drawing an item from the user. In the area, the waiting time until the second time arrives is displayed.

This makes it possible to set the timing of opening the treasure box as the actual access time, distribute the access time of each user to the server, and reduce the communication load between the terminal device and the server. In addition, by assigning objects having different modes, it is possible to give the user a sense of expectation and improve the interest.

The screen example (D) is a diagram showing a phase in which the timing for stopping the voice is determined as the actual access time.

In the screen example (D), the user sets the alarm operation time as the first time, and the current time is the time when the user wakes up due to the alarm operation.

The notification display unit 132G stops the alarm when the alarm sound is a voice composed of different sounds, the game progresses by accessing the server at the timing when the alarm sound is stopped, and the sound of "picon" is playing. And notify the user that an advantageous item will be won.

The button 132F for stopping the alarm is an area for the terminal device 10 to receive an operation of stopping the alarm sound from the user.

This makes it possible to set the timing to stop the voice as the actual access time and distribute the access time to each user's server. Further, by urging the user to stop the reproduction of a predetermined sound, it is possible to give the game a game-like setting to the time at which the game is to be advanced and to improve the fun.

<Summary>
The items described in each of the above embodiments can be summarized as follows.

(1) Instead of communicating sleep information to the server immediately after the alarm sounds and the user stops, wait for a random second for each user before communicating. During that time, the terminal displays an animation to each user, such as analyzing sleep information or communicating sleep information with the server. For example, communication is performed after waiting for a random second between 0 and 5 seconds from the time of the alarm. This reduces the load on the server per second.

(2) It is assumed that each user often sets an alarm at a good time. When there is a process performed by the server 20 by stopping the alarm, each user is urged to dare to sound the alarm at a time different from the time when the time is clear. For example, by shifting the time to sound the alarm, each user can get an incentive such as the advantage of the progress of the game (the effect of increasing a specific parameter can be obtained for the character, the condition is less likely to become abnormal, the privilege is given, etc.). Give to. As a result, the terminal device 10 of each user sets an alarm at different times without excessively concentrating on the sharp time.

(3) When the alarm sounds on the terminal and the user stops, the terminal does not send all the sleep information to the server, but sends the data notifying that "the user has woken up" to the server. The information that "the user has woken up" is a small amount of data as compared with the information of the sleep measurement result. The server side receives the data that "the user has woken up" from the terminal, but does not immediately receive the measurement result information of the sleep information from the terminal, so that the load is reduced. Instead of performing game processing using sleep information (for example, lottery processing) on the server when waking up, information indicating the right to obtain a game object by lottery (for example, presented to the user in the form of a treasure chest) Present to the user. The treasure chest can be opened after a certain period of time (until a certain period of time has passed, the game object cannot be obtained regardless of the information indicating the right). The terminal accepts an operation as if the user opens the treasure box (operation for exercising the right) based on the right, and transmits the measurement result of the sleep information to the server at the timing.

(4) Give the alarm sound a game. In addition to the normal alarm sound, another type of alarm sound is prepared in advance. It is assumed that the terminal has an advantage in the progress of the game by stopping the alarm at the timing of another kind of alarm sound instead of the normal alarm sound. Here, the timing at which another type of alarm sound is sounded may be set so as to vary depending on the user. As a result, the timing of accessing the server from each terminal can be distributed.

<Modification example>
In the above description, the example in which the server 20 performs the lottery process based on the sleep information after the confirmation has been described, but in addition, the lottery process may be performed based on the sleep information before the confirmation.
For example, the following modification example will be introduced.

The terminal device 10 accesses the server 20 to advance the game before the first time for giving a predetermined notification arrives, and receives the third information for advancing the game from the server 20. Then, by accepting the user's operation input accompanying the predetermined notification, the game is advanced on the terminal device 10 based on the third information without accessing the server 20.

Further, the terminal device 10 accepts an operation of starting sleep or falling asleep from the user, and in response to the operation, accesses the server 20 before the first time arrives.

(1) In order to measure information about the user's sleep on the user's terminal device 10, the user performs an operation for starting sleep measurement (for example, displaying a button for starting sleep measurement) on the terminal device 10. Accept from. When the operation is accepted, the terminal device 10 notifies the server 20 that the operation to start the sleep measurement has been performed, and the server 20 performs the lottery process.

At this time, the server 20 holds the lottery result in advance according to the pattern of the measurement result of the information related to the user's sleep. By the time the user wakes up, the server 20 transmits information on the lottery results of these plurality of patterns to the terminal device 10 in advance. When the terminal device 10 receives an operation indicating that the user has woken up (such as pressing the button for ending sleep measurement), the terminal device 10 determines which of the patterns corresponds to the pattern, and the server is determined according to the determination result. Without accessing 20, processing such as adding a game object according to the sleep measurement result is performed.

The terminal device 10 transmits the measurement result of the sleep state to the server 20, and the server 20 holds the information of the measurement result of the sleep state of each user and gives each user according to the pattern of the measurement result of the sleep state. The game object to be played is determined, and the information about each user (information on the possessed game object, etc.) is updated.

(2) While the terminal device 10 is measuring information about the user's sleep (until he goes to bed and wakes up), the terminal device 10 communicates with the server 20 at regular intervals, and the information about sleep is transmitted to the server 20. Send to. The server 20 responds to the terminal device 10 in advance with the result of the lottery process and the like. For example, using sleep time information as sleep information, the longer the sleep time, the more lottery is performed, and when a game object is given to the user, before the user operates to stop the alarm and the sleep time is fixed. In addition, for example, every time one hour of sleep time elapses, the terminal device 10 communicates with the server 20 and executes a predetermined lottery process. As a result, when the user wakes up, most of the lottery process has already been executed, and the information on the lottery result of the server 20 is held in the terminal device 10 in advance.

When the terminal device 10 is operated to end the measurement of sleep-related information (when the operation for waking up is performed), the terminal device 10 determines whether it is necessary to communicate with the server 20 again. For example, when the server 20 does not transmit sufficient information from the terminal device 10 to perform the lottery process based on the sleep information, the terminal device 10 re-communicates to the server 20. Here, when the communication is not required again, the terminal device 10 does not communicate with the server 20, and displays the result of the process (lottery process, etc.) performed by the server 20 in order to advance the game.

(3) Since the user is likely to wake up at the time when the alarm sounds, the terminal device 10 and the server 20 communicate with each other from a predetermined time (such as 30 minutes before) before the alarm sounds. The server 20 receives a signal from the terminal device 10 and performs a lottery. Here, in order to distribute the load, each terminal device 10 and the server 20 sequentially communicate with each other for each identification information (user ID) of each user. That is, the timing at which the terminal device 10 accesses the server 20 is defined in association with the user ID. If the user does not wake up even if the alarm is given (the user does not operate the terminal device 10), the lottery result of such a user is discarded by the terminal device 10, and the terminal device is again at the time when the user actually wakes up. A lottery is performed in which the 10 and the server 20 communicate with each other.

(4) If it is possible to measure whether or not the user sleeps deeply, the terminal sounds an alarm when it detects that the user sleeps lightly. This makes it possible to distribute the wake-up timing of each user regardless of the alarm time set by the user.

(5) After the user stops the alarm on the terminal, the mini game can be played. Since the time until the end of playing the mini game varies from user to user, it is possible to prevent the access to the server from being excessively concentrated by accessing the server from the terminal after playing the mini game.

(6) The alarm time is not set by the user, but is presented to each user by the game side based on the game program. For example, it is assumed that the terminal can be set to "sound an alarm after sleeping for 8 hours from now" for the user. As a result, the wake-up time varies depending on the user, so that the communication load on the server can be reduced. The user side can also secure a sleeping time and get a good sleep.

<Additional Notes>
The matters described in each of the above embodiments are added below.

(Appendix 1) A game program for being executed by a computer including a processor, in which the game program causes the processor to perform a step (S511) of receiving an operation input from a user and a first time for advancing the game. If there is no operation input before the first time arrives, the notification status is changed based on the step (S512) of performing a predetermined notification at the first time and the user's operation input. A game in which a step of accessing the server for advancing the game (S513) and a step of distributing the second time for each user's computer to access the server for advancing the game (S521) are performed. program.

(Appendix 2) To access the server to advance the game, the game object to appear in the user's gameplay is determined by the process based on the first information determined by accepting the user's operation input. The game program according to (Appendix 1), which comprises associating the determined information of the game object with the user and holding it in the server (S522).

(Appendix 3) To access the server to advance the game, the timekeeping information is confirmed by accepting the user's operation input, and the confirmed timekeeping information is used as the first information on the server. The game program according to (Appendix 2), which comprises determining a game object to be associated with a user by performing a lottery process.

(Appendix 4) The first time is set as the time for sounding the alarm, and in order to access the server for advancing the game, the operation for waking up is accepted as the operation input of the user. The game program according to (Appendix 3), which includes the confirmation of information about the user's sleep as timely information by accepting the operation for waking up.

(Appendix 5) In the step of distributing, the second time is distributed by distributing the timing of accessing the server for each of a plurality of users after receiving the operation input of the user (Appendix 2) to (Appendix 4). The game program described in any of.

(Appendix 6) In the step of distributing, a second information indicating that the user's operation input is accepted is transmitted to the server, and the server determines a waiting time that may be different for each user who has received the second information. , Send the determined wait time to each user's computer,
The game program according to any one of (Appendix 1) to (Appendix 5), which presents information indicating a waiting time to a user in a step of distributing the game.

(Appendix 7) In the step of distributing, the information indicating the waiting time is updated with the passage of time and presented to the user, and the predetermined operation for accessing the server is not accepted from the user until the waiting time elapses, and the waiting time is reached. The game program according to (Appendix 6), which accepts a predetermined operation for accessing the server from the user in response to the lapse of time.

(Appendix 8) In the step of distributing, the setting of the first time for performing a predetermined notification is included in setting the first time on the computer based on the result of distributing the setting for each user (Appendix 1). The game program described in any of (Appendix 7).

(Appendix 9) In the step of distributing, the result of distributing the first time setting among each user is presented to the computer user, and the user accepts the operation of approving the change of the first time. The game program described in (Appendix 8) for setting the first time after the change.

(Appendix 10) In the step of further executing the step of sensing the sleeping state of the user and performing a predetermined notification, the first time is set based on the dispersed result, and the first time is set. Nevertheless, in the step of giving a predetermined notification based on the sensing result of the sleeping state of the user and accessing the server, the server is accessed by receiving the operation input from the user in accordance with the predetermined notification (Appendix 8). The game program described.

(Appendix 11) In the step of dispersing, a specific notification is given according to the elapsed time from the first time for a predetermined notification based on the arrival of the first time, from (Appendix 1) to (Appendix 10). ) The game program described in any of.

(Appendix 12) In the step of distributing, when an operation input for accessing the server for advancing the game from the user is received based on the timing of giving a specific notification, a privilege is given to the user (Appendix 11). ) The game program described.

(Appendix 13) In the step of distributing, the third information for accessing the server for advancing the game and advancing the game from the server before the first time for giving a predetermined notification arrives. (Appendix 1) to (Appendix 12), wherein the game is advanced on the computer without accessing the server based on the third information by receiving the operation input of the user accompanying the predetermined notification. program.

(Appendix 14) The game program according to (Appendix 13), which accepts an operation of starting sleep or falling asleep from a user and accesses the server before the first time arrives in response to the operation. ..

10A, 10B terminal device, 11A game controller, 11B sleep measurement device, 12 communication IF, 13 input device, 14 output device, 15 memory, 16 storage unit, 19 processor, 20 server, 22 communication IF, 23 input / output IF, 25 Memory, 26 storage, 29 processor, 80 network, 81 wireless base station, 82 wireless LAN base station, 130 operation reception unit (touch screen), 132 display, 181 user information, 281 user information database, 282 server processing capacity information.

Claims

A game program to be executed by a computer including a processor, wherein the game program is executed by the processor.
Steps to accept operation input from the user,
A step of setting a first time for advancing the game, and if there is no operation input before the first time arrives, a step of giving a predetermined notification to the first time.
Based on the user's operation input, the step of changing the state of the notification and accessing the server to advance the game, and
A game program that distributes a second time for each user's computer to access a server to advance the game.
In order to access the server for advancing the game, a game object to appear in the game play of the user is determined and determined by a process based on the first information determined by accepting the operation input of the user. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the information of the game object is stored in the server in association with the user.
To access the server for advancing the game, the timekeeping information is confirmed by accepting the operation input of the user, and the confirmed timekeeping information is used as the first information of the server. The game program according to claim 2, wherein the game object to be associated with the user is determined by performing the lottery process in.
The first time is set as a time for sounding an alarm.
Accessing the server to advance the game includes accepting an operation for waking up as an operation input of the user, and by accepting the operation for waking up, the timekeeping information is described. The game program of claim 3, comprising establishing information about the user's sleep.
The second time is distributed by distributing the timing of accessing the server for each of a plurality of users after receiving the operation input of the user in the distribution step, according to any one of claims 2 to 4. Described game program.
In the step of distributing, the second information indicating that the operation input of the user has been accepted is transmitted to the server.
The server determines a different waiting time for each user who has received the second information, and transmits the determined waiting time to the computer of each user.
The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which presents information indicating the waiting time to the user in the dispersal step.
In the step of distributing, the information indicating the waiting time is updated with the passage of time and presented to the user, and the predetermined operation for accessing the server is not accepted from the user until the waiting time has elapsed. The game program according to claim 6, wherein the user accepts the predetermined operation for accessing the server in response to the elapse of the waiting time.
Claim 1 includes setting the first time in the computer based on the result of distributing the first time setting for performing the predetermined notification among the users in the dispersal step. The game program described in any of 7 to 7.
In the step of distributing the time, the result of distributing the setting of the first time among the users is presented to the user of the computer, and the user accepts the operation of approving the change of the first time. The game program according to claim 8, which sets a later first time.
Further performing the step of sensing the sleeping state of the user,
In the step of performing the predetermined notification, the first time is set based on the dispersed result, and the sensing result of the sleeping state of the user is set even though the first time is set. Based on the above-mentioned predetermined notification,
The game program according to claim 8, wherein in the access step, the server is accessed by receiving the operation input from the user in accordance with the predetermined notification.
Any of claims 1 to 10, wherein in the dispersal step, a specific notification is given according to the elapsed time from the first time with respect to the predetermined notification based on the arrival of the first time. The game program described in.
A claim that grants a privilege to the user when the operation input for accessing the server for advancing the game is received from the user based on the timing at which the specific notification is performed in the dispersal step. Item 11. The game program according to item 11.
In the dispersal step, a third method for accessing a server for advancing the game and advancing the game from the server before the first time for performing the predetermined notification arrives. 1 to 12 that receive the information of the above and accept the operation input of the user accompanying the predetermined notification to advance the game on the computer without accessing the server based on the third information. The game program described in any of.
The game program according to claim 13, wherein the user accepts an operation of starting sleep or falling asleep, and in response to the operation, accesses the server before the first time arrives.
A method for causing a computer equipped with a processor to execute a game, wherein the processor is used.
Steps to accept operation input from the user,
A step of setting a first time for advancing the game, and if there is no operation input before the first time arrives, a step of giving a predetermined notification to the first time.
Based on the user's operation input, the step of accessing the server to advance the game, and
A method of distributing a second time for each user's computer to access a server to advance the game.
An information processing device including a control unit, wherein the control unit
Steps to accept operation input from the user,
A step of setting a first time for advancing the game, and if there is no operation input before the first time arrives, a step of giving a predetermined notification to the first time.
Based on the user's operation input, the step of accessing the server to advance the game, and
An information processing device that performs a step of distributing a second time for each user's pre-information processing device to access a server in order to advance the game.